Peter Tran Van Khoat
Curriculum Vitae
1975 immigrates to the United States and is at Fort Chafee, Arkansas
1977 Lefebvre dedicates Tran Van Khoat's chapel, which is now a Buddhist temple.
1980, May in Saint Marys, Kansas to meet with Marcel Lefebvre
1981, December 29, separates from any affiliation with the Society of Saint Pius X.
mid 1980's Buumon Buddhist Temple opens in Tran Van Khoat's old Church after the Vietnamese deserted him. 2701 Procter St, Port Arthur, TX 77640
1988 went to Italy to see Siri and Wojtyla and be present at the canonization of the Vietnamese Martyrs by Wojtyla. (June 19, 1988) Did he go to the consecrations at Econe on June 30?
Links on Internet
From the Port Arthur News: Meanwhile at Camp Chaffee, a Catholic priest from Vietnam, the Rev. Tran Van Khoat, had become the unofficial leader of the refugees.
Khoat began to envision a Vietnamese village, with its own businesses, schools, hospitals and government. But the Catholic Conference and the U.S. government were afraid that would create a ghetto, their goal was to help the Vietnamese integrate into the existing community.
In Today's Catholic World reports that Tran Van Khoat holds two doctorates, although this webmaster has heard nothing of the sort. Linking other sites does not imply endorsement of these sites!
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